sedond
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| WANT tukans to do the disapearing thing??? want 'em to disappear? send 'em to *my* house! ;~) seriously, try a tubed preamp, for starters. i assume the speakers are away from the side walls, &/or have sound absorption at the sidewalls' 1st reflection points to the listening position...... | |
| personal experiences with quaility preamps... melos ma333r or sha-gold-r preamp: tubed, remote control volume/balance, great sound - able to compete w/the bestout there, imo - $1k-$2k used. amps: electrocompaniet aw60ftt, aw75dmb, aw100dmb, aw120dmb. killer solid-state amps, not tube-like, bu... | |
| Buy a hi-end CD player/transport now? the $3k resolution audio cd-50 & its replacement, the $3.5k cd-55 are well-respected single-box units. i wouldn't trade my modded art di/o for one of 'em, tho. if you can diy, it'll cost ~$200-$250; otherwise, get one already modded, for $300-... | |
| CJ Walker..upgrade or not? i got much improved sonics from my cj55 by replacing the armboard w/one made from delrin, & fabricating a new subchassis from corian. the motorboard was replaced w/a piece of sintra - a rigid closed-cell artist's mounting board. the suspension... | |
| Another 2,000 Speaker Question funny how things change. i was waiting for newform's john meyer, who said he was gonna work on a design w/accuton drivers. when he abandoned that, i started looking into the vmps ribbons; now i'm leaning in that direction! ;~) another one of those... | |
| Electrostats Shootout at 4000 Corral hey tweek, go to the harmonicdiscord site & check out vmps' forum there - brian's www is outta date, supposed to be updated any time. the latest rm1 & rm2 are better than what's shown on his site - improved ribbon midrange *and* tweet. the... | |
| Electrostats Shootout at 4000 Corral tweek, ya say:"...so yea i can make the sacrifice on low end for what i get in mids and highs..."no sacrifices required - repeat after me: vmps rm40... vmps rm40... vmps rm40... ;~) doug s. | |
| Electrostats Shootout at 4000 Corral hi tweek,all i can add is this - if the ml cls' went louder than 93db (which they won't do, even when crossed over to subs at as high as 100hz), i would have a pair in my house right now. absolutely one of the best sounds i've ever heard - for sma... | |
| Electrostats Shootout at 4000 Corral you may be making a big mistake if you fail to check out the vmps rm-40 ribbon loudspeakers. as said before, they have been compared favorably to speakers costing more than three times their price. specifically the m-l prodigy & soundlab a1. a... | |
| Electrostats Shootout at 4000 Corral these retail for $4600 ($3800 if ya can install the drivers yourself). they're hybrid ribbons, w/carbon-fibre woofers. they just won best sound of show at the recent ces. many folks have compared then favorably w/the ultra-spendy soundlabs, & ... | |
| Looking for an amp for my Proac 1.5's. proac usa recommends the tubed arc preamps (ls-16, ls-25), w/a solid-state arc 100.2 amp... a cheap amp fix would be to send your adcom to stan warren, whose mods are supposed to turn these into killer amps. but, definitely get a tubed preamp, eve... | |
| TOTALLY CONFUSED about analog ken,don't let psychic fool ya - dint he mention that he just ordered a trough to further tweek his 1200? ;~)ya, i *am* a bit obsessed w/the di/o - after 20 years of digital, i can *finally* enjoy the music, much in the same way i enjoy my analog r... | |
| TOTALLY CONFUSED about analog psychic, have yer buddy mikey try a modded art di/o. at $200-$350, depending on who does the mods, he shouldn't have to wait for something used... may not get him all the way there, but it will likely get him a lot closer... ;~)doug s. | |
| vmps, art d/io, & boldercables.com steve, there seems to be a trade-off w/the toob in the circuit - you're correct that it draws power from the p/s, but it also reduces elec'l leakage (i'm sure this isn't the correct technical term!) from the adc side into the dac. best bet is to t... | |
| Two quick questions about VMPS will, i only had experience w/the rel strata - cheap by rel standards, but still more expensive than the spendiest vmps. i'd rather have *no* sub in a music system, that that one... i don't do h-t at all, & vmps is my choice for a music-only s... |